{"conversationCode":"039-054","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-054","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T12:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T12:52:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"8:51 AM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"8:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;","description":"On June 4, 1973, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:51 am to 8:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-054 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-54\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: 8:51 am - 8:52 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       Incoming telephone call\n\nAlexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 441-1]\n\n       Watergate\n             -John W. Dean, III’s files\n\n       President’s schedule","filename":["039-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr."],"prevCode":"039-053","nextCode":"039-055","transcript":[{"start":0.76,"end":1.44,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.46,"end":3.75,"text":"General Hague, sir."},{"start":3.77,"end":4.13,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.15,"end":4.83,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":4.85,"end":4.95,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.39,"end":10.04,"text":"If you have a minute, I think I've got the solution as the best way to proceed on this."},{"start":10.38,"end":10.79,"text":"Come on over."},{"start":10.81,"end":12.37,"text":"Fine, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Alexander Haig held a brief telephone conversation to coordinate an urgent, in-person meeting regarding the handling of sensitive materials. The discussion specifically concerned the status of John W. Dean III’s files as they related to the ongoing Watergate investigation. The call concluded with the President directing Haig to come to his office immediately to finalize their strategy.","topics":["Watergate","John W. Dean III","Alexander Haig","Presidential records","Executive strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:47:33.040Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","john-w-dean-iii","alexander-haig","presidential-records","executive-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-054.mp3","bytes":595968,"durationSec":18.55,"bitrate":257067,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}